Originally Posted by
Foxxster
Yes, reports pilot radioed ATC indicating pressurisation issues shortly after takeoff. Should they not have descended immediately below 10,000 while putting on oxygen mask then land at nearest airport. Or just continue to fly and cross fingers.
Not a pilot just a long term observer of the aviation scene but hypoxia is insidious. If he thought he'd solved the problem but had not, or just failed to act with required urgency then that's it. Conscious for a while but increasingly detached; like a drunk.
Who else remembers John Noakes, of Blue Peter fame (for non Brits a very long running children's TV magazine programme) in the hypoxia training 'tank' while training to jump with the Red Devils parachute team?